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Mon 26 Aug 1940
20:00
Prom 14
Queen's Hall
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Programme
Richard Wagner
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 33 Prelude Act 3
Parsifal
Good Friday Music (concert version) Act 3 Scene 1
Parsifal
No. 34 Ja! Wehe! Wehe!...Mein Vater! Hochgesegneter der Helden! Act 3 Scene 2
interval
Richard Wagner
A Faust Overture, WWV 59
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
No. 1 Prelude Act 1
Parsifal, WWV 111 (arr. Emil Steinbach)
Klingsor's Magic Garden and Flowermaidens' Scene (orchestral synthesis) Act 2
The Flying Dutchman
Aria 'Joho hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff' Act 2
Rienzi
Overture
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
Aria 'Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore' Act 2
Charles Villiers Stanford
Songs of a Roving Celt, Op 157
Frederick Delius
4 Old English Lyrics
No. 2 So white, so soft, so sweet is she
Hubert Parry
English Lyrics Set 6
No. 3 Love is a bable
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Performers
London Symphony Orchestra
Henry Wood
conductor
conductor
Arthur Reckless
bass
bass
Eva Turner
soprano
soprano
Gerald Moore
piano
piano
Composers
Richard Wagner
Richard Strauss
Giacomo Puccini
Charles Villiers Stanford
Frederick Delius
Hubert Parry
Edward Elgar
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